University of Southern Maine

Recreational Leadership Minor

The minor in recreation leadership is designed to provide students with the basic knowledge and skills necessary to lead recreation programs in settings such as YMCA's, Boys and Girls Clubs, community recreation centers and camps The minor is especially appropriate for those students majoring in fields such as education, psychology, nursing, criminology, business and social work who intend to use recreation activities as part of their practices. The minimum number of credits required for the minor is 20.

Students seeking the minor in Recreation Leadership must:

1. Complete (9 credits total):
   • REC 110: Introduction to Recreation and Leisure
   • REC 241: Recreation Leadership , and
   • REC 224: Therapeutic Recreation and Community Integration
2. Complete three of the following courses (9 credits total):
   • REC 225: Recreation Analysis and Technology
   • REC 226: Lifetime Leisure Activities
   • REC 231: Arts and Crafts Programming and Leadership
   • REC 233: Environmental Recreation
   • REC 300: Leisure and Older Adults
   • REC 314: Leisure Education and Counseling , or
   • REC 367: Adventure Based Counseling
3. Complete two one credit RHF courses from the following:
   • RHF 106: Ballroom Dance
   • RHF 107: Aerobics
   • RHF 108: Step Aerobics
   • RHF 109: Beginning Weight Training
   • RHF 115: Weight Training for Women

Not all courses are offered every semester. Some courses have prerequisites. Other RHF courses can be substituted with permission. For more information contact the Recreation and Leisure Studies Department
chairperson, William McCullough via E-mail or phone (207.780.4645).

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